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What is the length of line segment AB with endpoints
A(3, 1) and B (0, -3)

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Greetings from Brasil...

The expression that allows you to calculate the distance between two points is:

d(A; B) = √[(Xb - Xa)² + (Yb - Ya)²]

Bringing to our problem:

d(A; B) = √[(0 - 3)² + (- 3 - 1)²]

d(A; B) = √[(- 3)² + (- 4)²]

d(A; B) = √[9 + 16]

d(A; B) = √[25]

d(A; B) = 5

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